Even though it does not talk about particularly new or odd technology, it does talk about the new use that can be given to a combination of functions on the iPhone (the ability to have cameras on a cell-phone, GPS, Wi-fi).
This technology makes police life's easier by allowing them to see where and when pictures have been taking, tracking the devices path, and watching sceenshots of whenever the user used the maps application. This, however, may also be seen as an infringement of basic freedoms, particularly of privacy and the right to not disclose your location. People who might do something illegal might think twice about it, but it is doubtful that this might decrease crime by any degree, which maked us wonder what is the real idea behind all this tracking.
Technology
There are many technologies related to the videocast, mainly to do with the iPhone camera, which works in a simpler way than most digital cameras, since it is just a screenshot of the view of the lense. The other technology is GPS (which works by calculating the current location using the earth's magnetic field [this is wrong]) You need to extent here. Why the iphone and not any other smartphone? What about the Wifi taht you mentioned at the beginning.
Social / Ethical issues
A federal agency having access to this information could be potentially illegal in many countries (ironically The United States is one of them) and, as with anything related with law enforcement, there is the risk of being subject to the law being wrongly accused. This is a very delicate thing because it gives the government so much power, making the digital devide enormous because the people in general have no idea that this can be done, and even less understand how the technologies work. On the other hand, iPhones and the things they capture can also be used as evidence in a regular trial, and potentially change the verdict making trials in general more fair. Another point is that lawyers and jurors in general are not necessarily technologically savvy, so they could easily disregard the iPhone's evidence, or on the other hand, give it too much weight, when it can, not easily, but it can be fabricated to make it seem as if someone was someplace else at any given time.
Stakeholders
The stakeholders here are iPhone users, the police and the judicial system.
The videocast “Police LOVE the iPhone
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QW06bkvo6QAuthor(s): Julio Omar Díaz
Impact
Even though it does not talk about particularly new or odd technology, it does talk about the new use that can be given to a combination of functions on the iPhone (the ability to have cameras on a cell-phone, GPS, Wi-fi).This technology makes police life's easier by allowing them to see where and when pictures have been taking, tracking the devices path, and watching sceenshots of whenever the user used the maps application. This, however, may also be seen as an infringement of basic freedoms, particularly of privacy and the right to not disclose your location. People who might do something illegal might think twice about it, but it is doubtful that this might decrease crime by any degree, which maked us wonder what is the real idea behind all this tracking.
Technology
There are many technologies related to the videocast, mainly to do with the iPhone camera, which works in a simpler way than most digital cameras, since it is just a screenshot of the view of the lense. The other technology is GPS (which works by calculating the current location using the earth's magnetic field [this is wrong]) You need to extent here. Why the iphone and not any other smartphone? What about the Wifi taht you mentioned at the beginning.Social / Ethical issues
A federal agency having access to this information could be potentially illegal in many countries (ironically The United States is one of them) and, as with anything related with law enforcement, there is the risk of being subject to the law being wrongly accused. This is a very delicate thing because it gives the government so much power, making the digital devide enormous because the people in general have no idea that this can be done, and even less understand how the technologies work. On the other hand, iPhones and the things they capture can also be used as evidence in a regular trial, and potentially change the verdict making trials in general more fair. Another point is that lawyers and jurors in general are not necessarily technologically savvy, so they could easily disregard the iPhone's evidence, or on the other hand, give it too much weight, when it can, not easily, but it can be fabricated to make it seem as if someone was someplace else at any given time.
Stakeholders
The stakeholders here are iPhone users, the police and the judicial system.